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  • The zero-waste revolution: how a new wave of shops could end excess packaging

    April 21, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Crickhowell

    All across the UK, zero-waste shops are gaining traction, with over 100 stores popping up in the last two years. They encourage shoppers to buy in bulk, minimize plastic waste, and ponder the power they have as consumers in where they shop. It’s part of a broader trend of reuse and repair that is making it easier to shop and live in an environmentally friendly way.

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  • This cafe in India is fully run by acid attack survivors

    April 18, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Agra, Uttar Pradesh

    Sheroes’ Hangout is a cafe entirely run by acid attack survivors in Agra, India. Acid attacks are unfortunately still prevalent worldwide, usually as a result of a woman turning down a man's advances, but punishment for committing these crimes is still lackadaisical. This cafe, founded in 2006 by an activist organization called Stop Acid Attacks, allows women to not cover their faces, talk openly about their attacks, and just be comfortable with themselves.

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  • Meet Mr. Trash Wheel: Baltimore Harbor's Googly Eyed Garbage Gobbler

    April 16, 2019 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    A trash interceptor floats along a tributary of the Baltimore Harbor removing trash from the water before it can reach the ocean. Known to the community as Mr. Trash Wheel, the machine is powered by the river’s current and collects floating debris that moves along a conveyor belt and ends up in a dumpster. While it doesn’t solve the problem of how trash gets into the water in the first place, it has collected 1,100 tons of trash and one million Styrofoam containers since it started 2014.

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  • Thomas, WV: The Town the Arts (Re) Built

    April 16, 2019 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Thomas, West Virginia

    Renewing distressed economies can be done through reinvesting in arts and culture. By building successful partnerships with rural Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) like the Woodlands Community Lenders (WCL), the town of Thomas, West Virginia, has found a new identity as a hub of arts and culture after the collapse of its coal-based economy.

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  • How giving entrepreneurs 30 days of free retail space revived a North Avenue storefront and built a collective

    April 12, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Pop-Up MKE was a pilot program that provided a risk-free way for artists to see if their products would sell in a retail space by giving 19 urban entrepreneurs 30 days of free retail space and mini-grants up to $2,000. Four participants formed The Bronzeville Collective MKE LLC and, after negotiating to stay in the retail space, they doubled their own sales and feature products from other creatives, particularly entrepreneurs of color. They split the rent four ways and collect a 20% vendor fee. Other participants in the pilot moved to permanent storefronts and/or expanded their retail presence.

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  • Coffee helps protect Uganda's endangered mountain gorillas

    April 09, 2019 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    For many poachers near Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, hunting is crucial to their livelihoods, even as regulations against the practice have increased. To help combat this, social enterprises like Gorilla Conservation Coffee are working to make coffee farming a sustainable and financially stable alternative. However, the model still needs some tweaks to ensure that farmers are adequately supported and the business can meet demand.

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  • Borussia Dortmund: The structures behind the club's fight against the far right

    April 09, 2019 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Germany, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia

    A highly popular German sports club named Borussia Dortmund is taking advantage of its fanbase and following to promote anti-extremist messages, praise diversity, and celebrate inclusion. They do so in a variety of ways, including elevating and supporting independent fan initiatives like ballspiel.vereint!, requiring fan clubs and members to sign statues that reject far-right ideology, hosting educational field trips to former concentration camps for youth, and donating over a million dollars to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem.

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  • Tech accelerators help nonprofits fast-track technology aimed at solving environmental challenges

    April 04, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    A solar panel that turns water in the air into clean drinking water is just one of many environmental solutions coming out of new partnerships between technology accelerator programs and environmental non-profit organizations. Groups like Conservation International and World Wildlife Fund are working alongside programs like Elemental Excelerator - all aimed at scaling environmental solutions. The goal isn’t to avoid policy change or other work, but rather to make creative innovation more widely accessible in the meantime.

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  • Federal agencies say Maine will have to rely on small businesses for job growth

    April 02, 2019 |

    WGME-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    Local governments in Maine support small businesses in order to boost the economy throughout the state. With Small Businesses Development Centers scattered throughout the state, businesses and entrepreneurs are able to get loans, business plans, and other resources to help them succeed.

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  • Wisconsin youth vote boosted by peer persuasion, rallies, bounce houses — but can gains be sustained?

    March 31, 2019 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    Although achieving higher levels of voter turnout will require more comprehensive and long-term solutions, investments targeted at voter registration campaigns can still have tangible benefits in the short-term. NextGen America, a privately funded nonprofit organization, focuses on mobilizing young people at universities to vote. Their approach engages students who are otherwise unlikely to register or cast a vote with texts and even activities like petting zoos in addition to traditional canvassing.

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